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Originally Posted by Bingo
Hope that's not the case.
My logic meter says they would have dealt him already if his demands were higher than the team was willing to pay.
The fact that they didn't in my mind means that although they're not done, they're in a range where it likely will get done.
Add in the fact that we had the rumblings that Coleman called and talked to Gaudreau and then locked into Calgary longterm, and I think it still points to a deal is in the works.
The only other thing I can think of was one suggested above, which is ownership blocking a trade for futures and wanting to take their chances. But even that seem unlikely to me.
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I hope you're right and JG just doesnt walk...but with the bolded.....why would it not be done already if its close?
3 months wasnt enough time to get it settled so it wouldnt be something hanging over the club from day 1 of training camp and the season?
On a team where (my guess) the GM s on pretty thin ice as it is and needs not only a good season, but a good start, to likely retain his position....this would be the last thing he would want to have happening.
No...there is something else at play here with the most obvious being Johnny wants to at least dip his toe in the free agent waters unless a certain dollar/term is agreed too. I could be entirely wrong but we have seen this play out over and over again league wide.